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Post by Petrichor Tue May 22, 2012 5:37 pm

Abusive :
Abusive ad hominem (also called personal abuse or personal attacks) usually involves insulting or belittling one's opponent in order to attack his claim or invalidate his argument, but can also involve pointing out true character flaws or actions that are irrelevant to the opponent's argument.
Circumstantial
Ad hominem circumstantial points out that someone is in circumstances such that he is disposed to take a particular position. Ad hominem circumstantial constitutes an attack on the bias of a source. This is fallacious because a disposition to make a certain argument does not make the argument false;
Ad feminam
An ad feminam is an ad hominem attack, used in attempt to defeat a woman's argument.[10] An example would be the response "Is it your time of the month?" to a woman making an argument. The term is most frequently used in this sense in feminist philosophy, to note systemic tendencies to discredit opinions of women. As such, it is similar in nature and purpose to such feminist neologisms as "herstory".
Tu quoque
Main article: Tu quoque
Ad hominem tu quoque (literally: "You also") refers to a claim that the source making the argument has spoken or acted in a way inconsistent with the argument. In particular, if Source A criticizes the actions of Source B, a tu quoque response is that Source A has acted in the same way. This argument is fallacious because it does not disprove the argument; if the premise is true then Source A may be a hypocrite, but this does not make the statement less credible from a logical perspective. Indeed, Source A may be in a position to provide personal testimony to support the argument.
Guilt by association
Main article: Association fallacy
Guilt by association can sometimes also be a type of ad hominem fallacy if the argument attacks a source because of the similarity between the views of someone making an argument and other proponents of the argument.[8]
This form of the argument is as follows:
Source S makes claim C.
Group G, which is currently viewed negatively by the recipient, also makes claim C.
Therefore, source S is viewed by the recipient of the claim as associated to the group G and inherits how negatively viewed it is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem

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Post by Idéfix Tue May 22, 2012 5:55 pm

You may soon be pronounced gulti by association.
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Post by Petrichor Tue May 22, 2012 6:04 pm

I heard an interesting theory today. Someone said, we are all Indian Hindus, we are performing our caste and sub-caste duties, that there is a lying-and-cheating sub-caste. So now, I am trying to get hold of an amplified version of this profound sociology dissertation on Indians.

Merge this theory with Freudian constructs, and we may have a winner on our hands! At last, the keys to unlocking the desi psyche.

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Post by Idéfix Tue May 22, 2012 6:15 pm

atcg wrote:I heard an interesting theory today. Someone said, we are all Indian Hindus, we are performing our caste and sub-caste duties, that there is a lying-and-cheating sub-caste. So now, I am trying to get hold of an amplified version of this profound sociology dissertation on Indians.

Merge this theory with Freudian constructs, and we may have a winner on our hands! At last, the keys to unlocking the desi psyche.
Ah, good old vee-unkil and his -- ahem -- theories. I wonder if there's a caste of people who are habitually wrong because they let their petty agendas color everything they see.
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